Compositions

2010/11

Programme Notes

Sam Barker’s Symphony No. I is an exploration of constructionist techniques when applied to guitaristic motifs, or ‘riffs’, that might normally be associated with rock music or fusion. The result is surprisingly playful, colourful and expressive. 

While each of the first three movements has their own theme they are linked through the similarity of the core material. The fourth movement is a coming together of these themes, sometimes warped beyond recognition.

Symphony Mvt IV

Suite for Chamber Ensemble

Creep Tree

Padam Padam

Corcovado

Loca Loca

Saturn's Return String Orchestra

Shipwreck'd by Sam Barker - Performed by Cork Chamber Choir

Seamus Heaney reads Glanmore Sonnet vii (often referred to as The Shipping Forecast)

Seamus Heaney, Glanmore Sonnet VII

Saturn's Return String Orchestra

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